How to Use protuberance in a Sentence

protuberance

noun
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  • These knobby protuberances, known as galls, are sort of like tree cysts induced by the presence of the host wasp's young.
    — Andrew Forbes, National Geographic, 25 Jan. 2017
  • Those images showed huge, flame-like protuberances of dust arcing out from the limb of Betelgeuse.
    — Dennis Overbye, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2020
  • Most of the first 10 lines show microscopic parallel marks on the sides of the groove, probably caused by slight protuberances on the sides of the tool.
    — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 3 May 2018
  • The bone spurs jut off of what’s called the external occipital protuberance (EOP) of the skull.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 21 June 2019
  • Find the places where elk, deer, and moose spend the winter, then comb the terrain for the pointy protuberances that naturally drop off the animals.
    — Mike Koshmrl, National Geographic, 19 July 2019
  • The jewel-tone dresses had fan-like protuberances attached to them.
    — The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 1 Mar. 2017
  • In literally the blink of an eye, all those little bumps, spikes, and protuberances disappear.
    — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 12 Oct. 2017
  • That explained the protuberance on its snout, which resembled a tiny battering ram.
    — John Horgan, Scientific American, 24 July 2021
  • The presence of this protuberance encouraged the wind to pass around it, reinforcing its tendency to dig more deeply closer to the rim, hollowing out a doughnut trench.
    — The Economist, 16 Dec. 2020
  • From this face extended a fleshy protuberance, similar to a mini elephant trunk or a tapir’s proboscis.
    — Steph Yin, New York Times, 3 July 2017
  • The other bore tooth-like protuberances, called ossicles, above speckled reddish black skin.
    — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 4 Nov. 2017
  • The 2018 paper discussed an alarming prevalence of an enlarged external occipital protuberance (EOP), a bony projection off the back of the skull just above the neck, in young people.
    — Emily Toomey, Smithsonian, 20 June 2019
  • Henry VIII remains the poster boy for codpieces, those profane protuberances that drew eyes crotchward in the sixteenth century.
    — Dan Piepenbring, The New Yorker, 23 May 2020
  • A tinge of menace emanates from the best ones, their spiky protuberances, wiggly tendrils and starburst-style blossoms evoking sci-fi weaponry and ear-splitting explosions.
    — David Pagel, latimes.com, 9 June 2017
  • The tropical hibiscus produces some of the most lurid blossoms in the garden — a broad, ruffled, flared collar around a central antenna full of knobbly, nectar-rich protuberances.
    — Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2019
  • Officials also are interested in any signs of two viruses that have appeared in turkeys in recent years, with symptoms including warty protuberances in the head and eye area.
    — USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2020
  • And third, create as much downforce as possible without getting crazy with drag-inducing wings and protuberances.
    — Jim Resnick, Ars Technica, 25 Feb. 2020
  • One particularly exciting aspect of the Wyoming fossil is a bony protuberance over its eye sockets, which is not a feature seen in nocturnal birds.
    — Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica, 25 May 2022
  • Per Live Science, other species of female mantises are also known to call in nearby suitors with pheromones released from a less showy gland located in roughly the same part of their exoskeleton as the dragon mantis’ protuberance.
    — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Apr. 2021
  • The effect, called enlarged external occipital protuberance, used to be so uncommon, Sayers said, that one of its early observers, toward the end of the 19th century, objected to its title.
    — nola.com, 22 June 2019
  • Throughout, every protuberance is thin and delicately rough-edged, like deckled paper.
    — Roberta Smith, Will Heinrich, Martha Schwendener and Jason Farago, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2017
  • This anatomical feature is called an external occipital protuberance, or EOP.
    — Allen Kim, CNN, 21 June 2019

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